Wire-stay-weaving device



(No Model.) 7 M- GRO UGH.

WIRE STAY WEAVING DEVICE.

I No; 568,746. Patented 0013.6, 1896.

NITED STATES ATENT FFICE.

EDWARD M. CROUCH, OF IIARTLAND, WISCONSIN.

WlRE-STAY-WEAVING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 568,746, dated. October6, 1896. Application filed June 22,1896. $eria1No. 596,415. (Remodels Toall whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD M. CROUCH, a citizen of the United States,residing at I-Iartland, in the county of WVaukesha and State ofWisconsin, have invented new and useful Improvements in Devices forWeaving Wire- Fence Stays, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in devices for weaving wire-fencestays, and pertains especially to improvements in that form of deviceshown and described in Letters Patent to Elmer H. Stowell and George W.Terry, No. 529,211, dated November 13, 1894.

The object of my invention is to provide a form of tool adapted tofacilitate the complete operation of preparing and weaving in thestay-wires, and also adapted to be twisted or turned while in use, so asto avoid the braces of the fence.

In the following description reference is had to the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my device asit is used in twisting the stay-wire around the fence-wire. Fig. 2 is aside View showing the wire as it is carried to the outside of theweaving-bar. Fig. 3 is a front view of my invention as it is used forcoiling the wire.

Like parts are identified by the same reference-letters throughout theseveral views.

The bar A is provided with a hook-notch B near one end and a handle C atthe other end, projecting at right angles to the bar. D is acoil-supporting spindle attached to the bar near its center andprojecting in a parallel direction to the handle C. The bar Ais alsoprovided with a hole E, slightly larger than the diameter of the wire,and all the parts A, C, and D are preferably formed integrally of asingle piece of cast metal.

In use the end of the stay-Wire is first twisted at least once aroundthe upper linewire or first strand of the fence. The coiled portion ofthe wire is then slipped on. the spindle D and the tool drawn downwardlyto the next strand, unwinding the coil by means of the force applied.The second line-wire is then engaged by the hook B and the devicerotated upon such wire with the uncoiled end of the stay-wire on theopposite side of the bar A from that of the coil, twisting or coilingthe stay-wire around the line-wire. This operation is then repeateduntil the bottom of the fence is reached and the coil is removed fromthe spindle. Then the upper end of the wire is inserted through the holeE, and the bar A is used as a lever to twist and tighten the stay-wirearound the upper line-wire.

For coiling the stay-wires preparatory to weaving them into the fence, Ihave provided a crank F, with a winding-sleeve G, the latter beingadapted to slip over the handle C, as shown in Fig. 3. The hooked end ofthe bar A is then held in a vise or by equivalent means and the end ofthe stay-wire inserted through a perforated lug I-I near one end of thesleeve G. On holding down the free end of the wire and turning the crankit is obvious that the wire will be coiled upon the sleeve and that thecompleted coil may be slipped off by withdrawing the end of the wirefrom the lug II.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device for weaving stay-wires into wire fences, comprising thehooked bar A provided with a hole E slightly larger in diameter thanthat of the stay-wire, a coil-supporting spindle D, and a handle Cprojecting at right angles to the bar A and adapted to temporarilysupport a winding-sleeve, substantially as described.

2. A device for weaving stay-wires into wire fences, comprising thehooked bar A provided with a hole E slightly larger in diameter thanthat of the stay-wire, a coil-supporting spindle D, and a handle Cprojecting at right angles to the bar A and adapted to temporarilysupport a winding-sleeve; in combination with the crank F andwinding-sleeve G, having a perforated lug H for holding the end of thewire, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof Iaffix my signature in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD M. CROUCH.

Witnesses:

LOUIS H. Onoucn, O. R. PEABODY.

